12.11.2009

After waiting patiently for what seemed like an eternity for a new Tekken release, it finally came out. Some of my expectations were met, some weren't. Some of this might be due to anticipation - after taking so long I expected a perfect and all time best Tekken to be released.Most of the player's moves remained the same, with an addition of a few more moves. Great! No need to relearn all the ten hit combo's and such. In addition, there are some new character outfits, and character's outfits can be customised with "enhancing" items obtained through unlocking or purchasing with money accumulated through playing. As discussed in other reviews, in arcade mode, all players are unlocked right from the beginning.There's also a few more players that were good additions to the game.The scenario mode is somewhat like Tekken Force mode. I didn't dislike this mode as much as others evidently. It reminded me a lot of the Soul Caliber mode where you travel from fight to fight (selecting the locations on a map), and can unlock various costumes, trophies, and money at each one. You fight onslaughts of enemies on your way to a final boss each level. A few missions in, you unlock arena mode - the only place to view characters ending movies. However, not all characters are unlocked at this point. You must unlock them continuing to fight in scenario mode. Note however, that the ending movies aren't as good as previous Tekken ending movies - they are very short. I wish they would have spent the time and effort putting longer ending movies in this, utilizing the PS3's abilities.The graffics and gameplay are great - though not what I would say being stunning over Tekken 5's graffics. However there are breakable walls, ground, etc. Great addition! I'm sure I have more to find, but the ones I have found add a great new flavor to the game. Nothing like slamming your opponent down on the ground to shatter the floor and both players fall down a level and resume fighting! In a couple areas I've found walls you can throw an opponent through and fight in a different room.Unfortunately, I must agree with almost everyone else - there are a couple irritating problems. First and foremost is the online fighting. Perhaps the degree of lag varies depending on one's internet service. I have blistering fast internet, and still am having a hard time online. There is just enough lag time to make it difficult to pull off some moves - the timing on ten hit combo's is off. A lot of time I basically feel like I'm lucking out if I'm able to pull one off. If anything, this is most frustrating to me online when fighting the proverbial "button masher". It almost gives them an advantage when you can't halt them in their tracks with a well placed combo move. This may be a re-learning issue though. Through continuing gameplay, I'm starting to get the new "timing" down on some combo's. The second irritating thing is load time. Load, load, load - waiting for loading all the time whether online or offline. I'd be lying if I didn't say it wasn't noticeable.Perhaps a third irritation to me is personal preference. Some of the new characters are a pain. I never liked characters with long range attacks/cheater moves i.e. Devil. Well, they are back with the laser shooting moves, and have even added characters with chainsaws that shoot out and such. This is super frustrating when friends/online people choose these characters and commence to plinking you from all the way across the screen...Bottom line, I'm glad I purchased it. While it didn't end up meeting all my expectations, it's definitely a really good game. If it weren't for the online mode issues and load time, I would have rated it as the best in the Tekken series.

27.10.2009

This game is FANTASTIC in every aspect, providing hours of endless fun and adrenaline rushing excitement. The wake-up games, high/mid/low mixups, sidesteps/movements, the bound system, and just the general gameplay has been intricately woven to form a masterpiece. The Tekken franchise have simply delivered with each addition to its series and this is by no means an exception.While it is true that we do not see a vast jump in terms of graphical prowess as seen in each iteration of previous Tekken games, the gameplay has by far received an enormous revamp while still keeping the familiar aspects of its previous bretheren, Tekken 5: DR. To the average, inexperienced and casual Tekkenier,such changes go by unnoticed, however, seasoned veterans of the series will discover the enormous steps forward Namco has taken to elevate the Tekken experience. While keeping its familiar arial juggles, movements, and the general game pace, it has put into addition a new systems that completely revolutionarize the series. The bound system for additional combo damage and increased wall carry, the rage system for clutch comebacks, 6 additional playable characters with vastly different martial arts style, and destructable environments that opens up new stages. Such additions is an exciting change to hardcore fans as it opens up whole new strategies and a plethora of options.Yet, with all the exciting additions to the series, the sad truth is that the casual market, and even "professional" gaming websites, fail to see its achievements and merits. Its become rather trendy to denounce Tekken 6 as a "Tekken 5 game with -slightly- improved graphics". It is true that the Tekken franchise have come a long way since its first iteration, and while it has been known to have excellent graphics for its generation and push its consoles to the limits, such is not a key determinant factor in judging a "fighting" genre.What's ironic is that for a fighter, Tekken 6 still offers GREAT graphics. Its character models are detailed and the environments are lush and vibrant. While not on par with recent hit releases such as Uncharted 2, Tekken 6 is in my opinion, the best in the graphical department that any fighting genre has to offer.Admittedly, it is a fact that Tekken did not see a huge upgrade Street Fighter IV received in terms of graphics, but such expectations are unwarranted. In economics we see that the growth rate of developing countries are several times higher than that of the United States. Such logic applies here as well. The Tekken franchise was already pushing the consoles hardware to its limits (albeit, T5:DR could have ran on the PS2), and so naturally it won't see the leaps and bounds Street Fighter received.In conclusion, the game is by far the best "Tekken" in the franchise and is a must-buy for any fans of the series. While many casual fans of the previous iterations may feel skeptical in purchasing the game, give this a whirl and try delving deep into its mechanics... you'll be in for a surprising treat.

27.11.2009

Tekken 6 is FUN! I am a fighting game enthusiast who enjoys what Tekken 6 has to offer!ONLINE: As of Turkeyday, Namco released a patch correcting online play and the game runs smoothly and almost without lag with players that have good connection (4 to 5 bars run smoothly; also, you can choose players that have good online connections rather than bad before entering a match). I have no issues with playing online. Furthermore, you can download ghosts of realtime player from online to play against!Scenario Mode: Its fun and wacky to play. You go about beating the various levels of this mode to unlock more characters to choose from and you get one free pass to choose a character to unlock automatically(default characters are Lars and Alisa)If you are feeling lighthearted and want to beat up funky sumo wrestlers, kangaroos, and miniature sized bears, PLAY THIS MODE! This mode also has hardcore stages... fighting demons on a train, a cheap chainsaw robot girl, and an egyptian monster! Another reason to play scenario mode is customizations. Throughout the game you will have treasure chest drops containing various items to customize your characters, these items give your characters abilities like fire or ice elementals, higher attack, more money making, more item drops, and etc (Also, in this mode I love reading characters quips in scenario mode Lee and Alisa have a silly intro dialogue in ganryu's stage).*I highly suggest you unlock DEVIL JIN as your first character of choice; some people tend to give up trying to unlock him on the hardest stage, Nightmare Train (you got 50+ demons to kill on that stage and a boss with 7-8 demons fighting by his side; I knocked him off the train after a few minutes for an instant KO. Took me 3 hours though >>).Storymode: I love tekken's story mode from tekken 5. It had character interactions that gave more insight about each fighter, but they cut it out :( The amount of levels leading to the final round have been cut down to 3 fights rather than 7. I disagree with this decision because it makes the game feel so much shorter, and really more of a gimmick now than ever.Closing comments:I would highly recommend buying this game. I grew up as a kid playing this fighting game from Tekken 3 for the playstation. I imagine kids from middle school and up enjoying scenario mode a lot (and spamming the same moves over and over). For adults like me, I like the game options for casual play like survival mode and scenario mode when I am not feeling up for beating people online, and its great now tekken 6 offers better online play against real people!I bought this game from Amazon; I still play this game and enjoy it very much so. This was worth $60.00. I don't care if the graphics are not on the lines of Uncharted 2 or Virtua Fighter 5. They are more than acceptable to me, but what I do care about is that the action is well paced and well executed. I haven't enjoyed beating up people in a fighting game for a long time :)

4.11.2009

One of the highlights of all the Tekken games has been a lot of the crazy characters. Maybe they aren't as over the top as other games, but they have a personality all their own. Right when you pop Tekken 6 into your system, you may seem overwhelmed with the HUGE character roaster. All of the over 40 Tekken characters are unlocked right from the get go. You will see some old favorites, as well as a few new comers. Most of their moves are similar to previous Tekken games, so if you were a champ at Tekken 5, you should have no problem here!Beginner Friendly:Not many fighting games will let you be good right from the get go. In Tekken 6 even if you have never played a Tekken game before,you will have no problem getting onto the groove of things. Whether you are button mashing, or pulling off the crazy 10 hit combos, you are going to find yourself having a great time.Sense of StyleLike most fighting games, they try to make themselves flashy in some way. Tekken 6 may not have any super special moves in games like Street Fighter, but the combos are extremely in-depth, and have a deep sense of satisfaction after putting a chain of moves together. It isn't just the fighting that has style either. If you know anything about the Tekken story-line, you will know that it is just simply ridiculous. The endings for each character have their own sense of craziness and all Tekken fans will enjoy them.BalanceNo character in Tekken 6 really seems over powered or unbeatable. Each character has they're advantages and disadvantages, but there is not one single useless character, or one God character to be found. So if you see someone who looks cool and you just want to play as them, practice makes perfect kiddies. Become an unbeatable master with Jack-6, or destroy everyone with one of the Mishimas, it's all up to you!More than the fight:Fighting games need to have more than just fighting now a days. Tekken 6 offers a large form of customization for all characters. You may not be able to make your own custom character, but with all the options to change the appearance of one of the Tekken 6 fighters, you will think you did! Tekken 6 also sports a single player story mode which can sometimes be enjoyable, and this will last you a good number of hours.The Bad:LagOnline matches are great in Tekken 6...except when you encounter lag. In all fighting games lag can simply kill you, the same can of course be said for Tekken 6. When you encounter lag, you will find yourself having a hard time putting together combos, or trying to perfectly time your attacks.The Verdict :If you are in the mood for a solid fighter that has PLENTY to offer, Tekken 6 is for you. Even if you have never played a Tekken game in your life, this is something to be experienced. Lengthy single player, cool characters, customization out the wazoo, and an ever growing online community make this a must own fighting game.

13.11.2009

Where should I start. If you played Tekken as long as I have then you will still love this outing. However, I am here to review the HORI wireless stick, which sadly i should not have brought, considering I already have the SF4 TE. Anyway, I will give a rough comparison, although we have to remember the SF4 TE is an all out SANWA rig, while the Tekken6 is a HORI.First thing you will notice is that the Tekken6 stick feels allot lighter and in some way does not have that hefty feel to it like the SF4 TE. I've been playing with the SF4TE and it feels robust and solid. I've actually given the SF4TE some real punishment and it still feels the same.

2.2.2011

Ok, Tekken 6 is still the same old awesome fighter that it was over a decade ago but that doesn't mean that it's getting...old.First of all, I was impressed by the revamped fighting system. Most of the characters have movesets that are modified from Tekken 5 and I think it's for the better. The new moves are flashier and more exciting than ever and the increased speed and fluidity of the fighting system makes for much more intense battles.The scenario mode has been brought back and again it features a very limited adventure campaign where you work your way through an area and fight a boss at the end, collecting items and valuables along the way. Although this Tekken Force-type adventure is very repetitive and boring,

27.11.2009

Tekken has never been the best fighter out there. Admit it, Tekken is a 'Dial-A-Combo' amatuer friendly fighter than your 6 year old nephew can beat you at. So why do I give it 4 stars? I said it's not the 'best' fighter...never said it wasn't the most fun.I've been an abid fan of the Tekken series since I first picked up Tekken 3 when it originally came out for the PS1. Tekken's variety of outrageous characters with intense personalities has always set it apart from the competition. And, even though there are better fighters for you 'hardcore' saps out there don't bash Tekken just because you can't 'Hadoken' your way to victory. Yes, like I said,

1.1.2020

Absolutely love this thing.My first stick so I was new to everything but starting off I didn't reallly know the difference in feel between tournament sticks and these entry ones.The buttons are loud. Good luck playing next to someone who finds this annoying or is trying to study cuz the punches in-game will be the last punches you'll be worrying about.The buttons also wiggle around a bit if you move them with your fingies say, so if you're looking for something that feels tight af, tournament af and what you used to find in the arcades once upon a time, this really isn't it.If you're just starting off, unsure if stick is even for you, this is stellar. It's cheap,

29.10.2009

To date I have played every Tekken game and in my opinion the biggest leap for the series both in terms of presentation and gameplay was from ps1 to ps2. Ps2 to ps3? Not so much. I mean, it's always been a solid fighter, and with each iteration came new fighters, a few new modes here and there, and graphical improvements, but nothing groundbreaking. After downloading Dark Resurrection on PS3, the remake of the same PSP title, I was eagerly anticipating Tekken 6, but when I popped the disc in, I felt slight disappointment. While the whole package was serviceable, it wasn't what I expected. Graphically, it seemed light they got away with using the lowest poly-count they could,

10.4.2010

Man, any true fighting game fans know Tekken Tag Tournament is the best fighting game out there. About 6months ago, I bought a ps2 just to play it. When I initially played Tekken 6 I thought it was cool but not what I expected. After really playing against friends online and getting into it, I couldn't really play Tekken Tag anymore. The main thing about this game for me is how fast the action is. At 60fps the match is gonna be over pretty fast if you don't know how to defend! The graphics in this game are sick and the fast-paced action is second to none. Some people complain about the juggles but you really have to study the game to learn how to defend and what moves are safe, have frame advantage etc.

4.1.2012

When I heard the next installment of the Tekken series, to be honest, I was just a little bit interested in. I saw the arcade version of it when I had a trip in the Philippines and I knew that it was primarily powered by the PS3 system which is quite amazing on how it looked. Of course, I knew the game is going to be hitting to the PS3 but didn't expect it to also be released on the Xbox 360 as well. Namco introduced motion blur effect which made the game look really good and playing the game in HD just made the graphics and everything else look way better. There are more characters but none of them really appealed to me, except a few like Lars and Leo. The only problem in this game is the introduction of juggling your opponent.

3.1.2011

Tekken 6 is the newest entry in this long-running franchise. The fighting is based on learning a character and their rhythm and using it to wreck havoc with combos. I've been playing this series since it appeared on the PS1, and it's my favorite fighting game. It is easy to get into and does well with button-mashers. The real fun comes when you get to know a character. All 40 fighters are available from the start, but I always start with King and his Chain Throws.The single-play Scenario is based on the old Tekken Force mode and plays like an inferior version of old school beat-em-ups. The controls are clunky and you don't have access to most of a characters moveset.

28.10.2009

Finally a Tekken in HD. This game has everything, the best graphics to date, one of the biggest rosters since Tekken Tag Tournament, several new and different styles of characters, upgraded moves, a huge customizable section to modify your favorite character, online and offline modes. A great buy and well worth it. It'll put Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur to shame among the Next-Gen 3D fighting games. The only thing I have to complain about is a minor thing. There's no story mode. No "classic" story mode. I'm used to picking a character, watching a beginning story, playing though all the opponents up until I beat the boss and then watching the final ending movie for the character I picked.

2.11.2009

The Tekken series makes the leap to next-gen with Tekken 6, which finds Namco's long running fighting franchise continuing to supply spectacular fighting action. First things first though, while Tekken 6 still sports the same deep fighting system that it has for quite some time now, it isn't without its flaws. Campaign mode, in which you play as new character Lars and take down waves of baddies. The mode is inconsistent and suffers from a bad camera and stiff controls, and while it appears to be marketed as Tekken 6's main mode of play, any veteran of the series knows that the real meat and potatoes lies within the arcade mode, as well as the Ghost Mode carried over from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

28.10.2009

Let just say that the sole reason that I owned a Playstation 1 was Tekken 1. So I been following the game throughout its birth until the visually spectacular Tekken 6 to debut onto both PS3 and XBox360. Let me say that it does not disappoint. If you like HD graphics with amazing characters and costumes and all types of martial arts and fighting mechanics then this is a game for you. Tekken Tag had been my favorite game but Tekken 6 wears the new crown.Sporting 40 (has it gotten to forty??) that's amazing. I personally like Alisa Bosconovitch. New to Tekken is the story mode which not seen in arcade adds so much depth into the story and is so much fun.

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